The Wall › Panel 9W › Florida › Donald P Markland III
DONALD P MARKLAND III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1950 – June 10, 1970
Service recordDonald P Markland III, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 40
- JOHN ROBERT MUNGERSergeant · June 10, 1970
- PHILIP MOREY OVERBECKFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- WALTER MELVIN PIERCEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE RASHSpecialist Five · June 10, 1970
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.